Silvae

by Angelo Poliziano

Overview

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674014800
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	07/30/2004
Series:	The I Tatti Renaissance Library , #14
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.65(d)
Language:	Latin

About the Author

Charles Fantazzi is Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics and Great Books at East Carolina University.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
	Manto	2
	The Countryman	30
	Ambra	68
	Nutricia	110
	Note on the Text	163
	Notes to the Translation	165
	Bibliography	205
	Index	207

Editorial Reviews

At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace.

Renaissance Quarterly - William J. Kennedy

At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace.
— William J. Kennedy

Renaissance Quarterly